Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 29, 2011 / Notices 73607 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nelson Hastings, NIST Voting Program, 

Information Technology Laboratory, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, 

telephone: (301) 975–5237 or 

nelson.hastings@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given 

that the TGDC will meet Thursday, 

December 15, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Eastern time, and Friday, 

December 16, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m., Eastern time. Topics that will 

be discussed at the meeting include 

UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas 

Citizens Absentee Voting Act), Common 

Data Format, Usability and 

Accessibility, and Voluntary Voting 

System Guideline (VVSG) issues. The 

full meeting agenda will be posted in 

advance at http://vote.nist.gov. All 

sessions of this meeting will be open to 

the public. 

The TGDC was established pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. 15361, to act in the public 

interest to assist the Executive Director 

of the Election Assistance Commission 

(EAC) in the development of voluntary 

voting system guidelines. Details 

regarding the TGDC’s activities are 

available at http://vote.nist.gov. 

All visitors to the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology site will 

have to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by c.o.b. Thursday, 

December 8, 2011, in order to attend. 

Please submit your name, time of 

arrival, email address and phone 

number to Mary Lou Norris or Angela 

Ellis, and they will provide you with 

instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. 

citizens must also submit their country 

of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, 

and address. Mary Lou Norris’ email 

address is marylou.norris@nist.gov, and 

her phone number is (301) 975–2002. 

Angela Ellis’ email address is 

angela.ellis@nist.gov, and her phone 

number is (301) 975–3881. 

If you are in need of a disability 

accommodation, such as the need for 

Sign Language Interpretation, please 

contact Nelson Hastings by c.o.b. 

Friday, November 25, 2011. Nelson 

Hastings’ contact information is given in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section above. 

Members of the public who wish to 

speak at this meeting may send a 

request to participate to Nelson Hastings 

by c.o.b. Tuesday, December 6, 2011. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. On 

December 15, 2011, approximately 

30 minutes will be reserved for public 

comments at the end of the open 

session. Speaking times will be assigned 

on a first-come, first-served basis. The 

amount of time per speaker will be 

determined by the number of requests 

received, but is likely to be no more 

than 3 to 5 minutes each. Participants 

who are chosen will receive 

confirmation from the contact listed 

above that they were selected by 12 p.m. 

Eastern time on Friday, December 9, 

2011. 

The general public, including those 

who are not selected to speak, may 

submit written comments, which will be 

distributed to TGDC members so long as 

they are received no later than 12 p.m. 

Eastern time on Friday, December 9, 

2011. All comments will also be posted 

on http://vote.nist.gov. 

Mark A. Robbins, 

General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30856 Filed 11–25–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability (OE), U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability has 

submitted the form OE–417 ‘‘Electric 

Emergency Incident and Disturbance 

Report’’ to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and a 

three-year extension under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The OE–417 is used to 

report electric emergency incidents and 

disturbances to the DOE. The Form OE– 

417 reports will enable the DOE to 

monitor electric emergency incidents 

and disturbances in the United States 

(including all 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and the U.S. Territories) so that 

the Government may help prevent the 

physical or virtual disruption of the 

operation of any critical infrastructure. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

December 29, 2011. If you anticipate 

that you will be submitting comments, 

but find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the: 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 1012, 

735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, (202) 395–4650. 

And to: 

Brian Copeland, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability (Attn: 

Comments on OE–417 Electric 

Emergency Incident and Disturbance 

Report), OE–30, Forrestal Building, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Washington, DC 

20585, Brian.Copeland@hq.doe.gov, 

(202) 586–1178. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Brian Copeland. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1901–0288; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Electric 

Emergency Incident and Disturbance 

Report; (3) Type of Review: Revision 

and three-year extension; (4) Purpose: 

Form OE–417 collects information on 

electric emergency incidents and 

disturbances for DOE’s use in fulfilling 

its overall national security and other 

energy management responsibilities. 

The information will also be used by 

DOE for analytical purposes. All electric 

utilities, including those that operate 

Control Area Operator functions and 

Reliability Authority functions, will be 

required to supply information when an 

incident or disturbance meets a 

reporting threshold. Since the presurvey consultation notice was 

published, Federal Register notice 76 

FR 35867, in line 11, the boxes entitled 

‘‘Physical’’ and ‘‘Cyber’’ have been 

changed to ‘‘Physical Attack’’ and 

‘‘Cyber Event.’’; (5) Annual Estimated 

Number of Respondents: 3.276; (6) 

Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 300; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 7,227; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13 of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

codified at 15 U.S.C. 772. 

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73608 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 29, 2011 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30640 Filed 11–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. AD12–1–000, RC11–6–000, 

EL11–62–000] 

Reliability Technical Conference, North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation, Public Service 

Commission of South Carolina and the 

South Carolina Office of Regulatory 

Staff; Notice of Amended Reliability 

Technical Conference Agenda 

As announced in the Notice of 

Technical Conference issued on October 

7, 2011, the Commission will hold a 

technical conference on Tuesday, 

November 29, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 5 

p.m. and Wednesday, November 30, 

2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to explore 

the progress made on the priorities for 

addressing risks to reliability that were 

identified in earlier Commission 

technical conferences. The agenda for 

this conference has been amended and 

is attached. Commission members will 

participate in this conference. 

Information on this event will be 

posted on the Calendar of Events on the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The 

conference will be transcribed. 

Transcripts will be available 

immediately for a fee from Ace 

Reporting Company (202) 347–3700 or 

1–(800) 336–6646). A free webcast of 

this event is also available through 

http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with 

Internet access who desires to listen to 

this event can do so by navigating to 

http://www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events 

and locating this event in the Calendar. 

The event will contain a link to the 

webcast. The Capitol Connection 

provides technical support for webcasts 

and offers the option of listening to the 

meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If 

you have any questions, visit http:// 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 

993–3100. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–(866) 208–3372 (voice) 

or (202) 208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX 

to (202) 208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

conference, please contact: Sarah 

McKinley, Office of External Affairs, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. (202) 502–8368. 

sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. 

Dated: November 22, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Reliability Technical Conference 

Commissioner-Led Reliability 

Technical Conference 

November 29, 2011 

1 p.m.–5 p.m. 

November 30, 2011 

9 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Agenda 

November 29, 2011 

1 p.m. Commissioners’ Opening 

Remarks 

1:20 p.m. Introductions Commissioner 

Cheryl LaFleur, Chair 

1:25 p.m. Panel I: Identifying 

Priorities for NERC Activities 

Presentations: NERC will be invited to 

provide an update on its priorities as 

identified in the February 8, 2011 

Reliability Technical Conference. 

Panelists will be invited to express their 

general views on how NERC’s 

prioritization tool has been working. 

Has NERC addressed concerns raised at 

the February 8, 2011 Reliability 

Technical Conference. Panelists will be 

asked to address some or all of the 

following: 

a. What are the most critical reliability 

issues and/or standards development 

initiatives that needed to be addressed 

in 2011 and 2012? What is the status of 

the priorities identified by NERC at the 

February technical conference? Has 

NERC’s prioritization tool been useful? 

b. One of the priorities was improving 

the compliance and enforcement 

process. How is that being addressed? 

c. What are the biggest challenges to 

addressing these priorities and/or 

completing these initiatives in an 

effective and timely manner? What next 

steps are appropriate to timely and 

effectively address the priorities 

discussed? 

d. How do NERC and reliability 

standards development teams 

incorporate in new or re-ordered 

priorities regarding reliability standards 

into their work plans? How are 

emerging issues considered and are any 

becoming high priorities? 

Panelists 

• Gerry W. Cauley, President and 

Chief Executive Officer, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 

• Kevin Burke, Chairman, President 

and CEO, Consolidated Edison Inc., on 

behalf of Consolidated Edison and the 

Edison Electric Institute (EEI) 

• Mike Smith, President and Chief 

Executive Officer, Georgia Transmission 

Corporation, on behalf of Georgia 

Transmission Corp. and the National 

Rural Electric Association (NRECA) 

• John A. Anderson, President, 

Electricity Consumers Resource Council 

(ELCON) 

• Allen Mosher, Senior Director of 

Policy Analysis and Reliability, 

American Public Power Association 

(APPA); NERC Standards Committee 

Chairman 

• Deborah Le Vine, Director, System 

Operations, California Independent 

System Operator Corporation (CAISO) 

• William J. Gallagher, NERC Member 

Representatives Committee Chairman; 

Retired CEO, Vermont Public Power 

Supply Authority 

• Peter Fraser, Managing Director of 

Regulatory Policy, Ontario Energy Board 

3:30 p.m. Panel II: Incorporating 

Lessons Learned Into a More Reliable 

Grid 

Presentations: Panelists will address 

how lessons learned are incorporated 

into NERC priorities. Panelists will be 

asked to address some or all of the 

following: 


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